Leaving Da Latt

We started the six hour trip from Da Latt to Ho Chi Minh today! We had several stops planned along the way back to Ho Chi Minh. Our first stop was the highest mountain in the Da Latt area. The park area featured small jeeps that drove you to the summit where you could view the entire city of Da lat. Village people live on top of the mountain and try to sell you hand sewn bags and similar souvenirs. I purchased a purse and a few other items to give to friends back home. The view was absolutely breath taking. You know you are high in the sky when you're above the clouds.

We traveled to Prenn another waterfall park. This park was one that we visited two years ago. Prenn is unique in the fact that you can walk under the falls with out getting completely soaked from head to toe.

We then went to the largest waterfall in the area. It was 500meters down the side of the mountain. The trek down was worth the view of the large falls. Climbing back up was difficult and we tired quickly. The mountain air is a lot thinner and we can defiantly tell that we are breathing harder as we walk up and down the mountains. Pictures soon to come.

We visited one other water fall on the next river that was extremely wide before the weather changed for the worse. We drove most of the way home through the coffee and tea production area of Vietnam in the pouring rain. We stopped at a roadside stand to purchase coffee. The best coffee in the world is known as Fox Dung Coffee. There is a particular species of fox that is considered the concierge of coffee beans. Farmers collect the dung from the forests and then process the undigested coffee beans. I have not tried it yet; however, Charles and I did purchase a bag to share with our friend back home.

We arrived back in Ho Chi Minh around 10PM. It was still an early night so Hong and I decided to go get coffee while running an errand for his parents. Charles wasn't feeling to well from the rough bus ride so he decided to call it an early night and rest. Following coffee we went to downtown Ho Chi Minh/Saigon and found the tailor shop that made my suites two years ago. Luckily we found it! Tomorrow we will go and get fitted for our suites and also visit the market to purchase souvenirs.